Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications, Future Prospects

ISBN-13: 9780367387259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 320 str.

Sarah Elton; Paul O'Higgins

Opis

Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease, this book employs a multidisciplinary perspective to emphasize practical applications and address how evolutionary medicine may inform clinical practice as well as medical education. Presenting new data and weighing relevant evidence, the book introduces novel viewpoints on nutrition, diabetes, fertility, pediatrics, immune response, and psychiatry. It discusses when evolutionary viewpoints might and might not be useful and conduct critical debates on controversial areas such as race-based pharmaceuticals.

Spis treści

Introduction. Environments, Adaptation, and Evolutionary Medicine, Should We Be Eating a Stone Age Diet? Human Protein Requirements and Infection Stress among Young Children at the Origins of Agriculture. Evolutionary Perspectives on Type 2 Diabetes in Asia, Seasonality. Climatic Unpredictability, Food Deprivation, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Evolution and Endocrinology, The Regulation of Pregnancy Outcomes. Evolutionary Paediatrics, A Case Study in Applying Darwinian Medicine. The Role of Helminthes in Human Evolution, Implications for Global Health in the 21st Century. Nonbizarre Delusions as Strategic Deception. Practical Aspects of Evolutionary Medicine. Comparative and Evolutionary Biology in Medical and Dental Education. Is There a Place for Evolutionary Medicine in UK Medical Education? Would Darwin Recognize Himself Here? Index.

O autorze

Sarah Elton, Paul O’Higgins